Issue #17 – September 2012

Welcome to another themed issue of The Lovecraft eZine! Mike Davis here, editor and publisher. Most of us probably think of H.P. Lovecraft as writing in the horror genre, but really, many of his stories could be just as easily considered science fiction — or at least, horror/science fiction. It’s with that thought in mind that I bring you this science fiction themed issue. Enjoy issue #17! (Purchase Kindle or Nook editions of issue #17 at this link.)

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Hi Mike! In line with the great new website that the VanderMeer’s created called The Weird Fiction Review (here: http://weirdfictionreview.com/) I think we should consider Lovecraft’s fiction to be “Weird” fiction and leave it at that. Another of my favorites Caitlin R. Kiernan is also just about unclassifiable. So she falls into the “Weird” as well. Check out the website. The Weird is really catching on and includes a global presence that I never knew about before.

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(click the image) From the stygian depths of the Chinese internet, we proudly present four wholly original tales of cosmic horror based on the works of H.P. Lovecraft and translated into English for the very first time. These ghoulish short stories take their inspiration from some of Lovecraft's choicest nightmares and offer a different perspective on those things best left unseen.

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ELDRITCH TAROT!
"Three years ago we published a set of Major Arcana based on Lovecraft's stories, magnificently illustrated by Sara Bardi. The deck, composed of 22 cards, was presented in two editions, and since then we have been receiving messages from our beloved backers asking for a complete deck. Sara set to work with the new art... and today we're proud to introduce you the new edition of the Eldritch Tarot!"

(click the image) "Holloway and Talley have managed to transform the Cthulhu Mythos into something with a more modern flavor, drawing not just from the well of cosmic horror, but from technothrillers, survival horror, and splatterpunk, with just a dash of the lost sensibilities of the shudder pulps. A cup full of tentacles mixed with existential nihilism and sprinkled with liberal quantities of gore, this is Lovecraftian horror with a bloody bent that few others have dared to explore." --Peter Rawlik, author of Reanimators

(click the image) Other worlds exist that press against our own—and sometimes things pass through the edges where sanity has rubbed thin. From the fertile imagination of Donald Tyson, a reading experience that takes you down paths untrodden, through unmarked forests, with no signposts to lead you back home.

(click the image) Under the surface dark and terrible things are stirring. A serial killer is on the loose… The Dean is having guilty nightmares… A long dead Bishop of Morchester appears in his choir stall at evensong… A mysterious ring disappears from the cathedral museum… A famous composer is beginning his long descent into Hell…

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(click the image) When downtrodden, life weary office worker Steven thinks his pointless existence couldn’t get any worse, a chance meeting proves how wrong one man could be. As soon as Fenston, a dapper dressed barman walks into his life it is as if the very essence of the stygian cosmic nothingness is unleashed. As Steven rapidly descends into a whirlpool of cataclysmic visions, he starts to realize a solitary woman stands at the center of his ruination. A woman of such beauty he can barely comprehend, let alone resist. Alone and surrounded by otherworldly horrors Steven must make a choice, a choice that not only has ramifications for him personally but for humanity in its entirety.

(click the image) Bagthulhu is an unspeakable horror in the form of a cuddly soft toy dicebag for the most discerning of cultists. He likes dice, souls, and comfy places to wait dreaming.

(click the image) Only 99 cents if you pre-order! BLACK HEART BOYS' CHOIR: Great art demands sacrifice. Lucien Beaumont is a teenage misfit and musical prodigy ostracized by his peers and haunted by familial tragedy. When he discovers an unfinished song written by his dead father—a song that holds terrible power—Lucien becomes obsessed. As he chases after the secret nature of his father's music, the line between gruesome fantasy and real life violence begins to blur...

(click here) Tony Hillerman meets H.P. Lovecraft! Set in the southwest at the end of a famous era in American history, this story seeks to engage the reader in a historically sound adventure that also incorporates the eldritch charm of Lovecraft with primal lore and legend. This is the first book in a series that takes place in the spectral, dying, mining town of Chaos, Arizona Territory.

(click the image) On the outskirts of Dublin City, a young couple’s relationship hangs by a thread. Isolated and stressed, disputes turn physical, leaving a pregnant Erin Greene in a poor state of mental health, and Philip Montague wanting an escape. They decide to go on a drive and head for Erin’s favourite place as a child, the Wicklow Mountains. However, a simple oversight leaves them both stranded, with no fuel and a blizzard due. With no other choice, Philip heads off to the nearest town in search of help, leaving his fiancée alone. With Philip gone and the inevitability of a snowstorm looming, Erin, in order to survive, must battle against her plagued mind and the supernatural elements that lie hidden deep in the hills.

(click the image) Beset by horrid nightmares that blur the lines between reality and her dreams, a young woman sets out to find her father, who has disappeared from their home in Tokyo, Japan, deep into the Japanese wilderness, to a place not bound by the constrictions of time and space as she knows it, home to an evil older than time and a threat to all of humanity, where she must confront her own demons, and discover her own destiny.

(click the image) "`I sense in you a scholar, Miss Stevenson. One who knows where old truths might be found, and how to look for them." -- The past is not always dead. Sometimes it merely sleeps, biding its time until the world is open to it and the right person can help it claim the present.

(click the image) CTHULHU CHRONICLES: Lovecraftian text adventures! Click the image for iOS, or go here for Android: The Cthulhu Chronicles creators have heard your words, and it's now available on Android! Go here: http://bit.ly/cthulhu-chronicles-android -- Experience immersive Lovecraftian Horror interactive fiction stories set in 1920s New England. Each story presents its own challenges and also plays a part of a larger campaign, which unfolds around you as you play.

(click the image) For fans of Lovecraft's Dreamlands! A young woman must travel to the Dream King’s realm to retrieve an ancient artifact that once belonged to her ancestor. Featuring a unique story and haunting visuals, Orphne is a must-add to anyone”s reading list.

(click the image) Gnome School is a weekly blog about Lovecraftian Magic. Each post maps a new story from Lovecraft's oeuvre, diving deep into classical world mythologies, tarot, and the Cthulhu Mythos woven into each tale. Gnome School views Lovecraft through a modern esoteric lens, even if that means rejecting canonized interpretations of his tales. Each new post seeks to understand the influence of his work in new and surprising ways. (Image by G. McDade.)

(click the image) Available on Kindle Unlimited! Based on H.P. Lovecraft's "The Doom That Came to Sarnath".

Click the image. CTHULHU BLUES is the third novel in the Lovecraftian Spectra Files trilogy!

Click the image for details! New England and Lovecraftian tales! These stories range from "Watcher and Keeper". a tale with a Lovecraftian bent, about the real reason Lake Warren in East Alstead, New Hampshire, was created, to the title story which is an alternate history with a dark side.

Click the image for details or to purchase! Embrace the darkness, the haunts of the shadows that surround you. Pull up your covers and enjoy a read. Let yourself drift into that other world; the place where the author controls your vision. See what he sees. Hear what he hears. Relish this collection of short dark fiction stories. -- "Fresh Cut Tales gives us originality and ambition. Solid combination from a writer to watch." ~ Mort Castle, Bram Stoker Award winning author of NEW MOON ON THE WATER